You might want to read this : http://be2.php.net/manual/en/session.security.php
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com < [email protected]> wrote: > Right on. > > In my app nothing is passed in the url all my non-private areas are like > /manage/profile or /manage/account as everything related to the user is > obtained by auth ID of the logged in user and getting the info based on > that. > > So i was just wondering if someone did get the session, how would they do > it and ways to prevent it. > > Thanks > > Dave > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Bert Van den Brande [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* October-03-09 6:40 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Session / Security > > I'm no expert on the subject, but I think session can be hijacked by : > * 'stealing' a sessions id from the url. This is only possible if the user > browser doesn't use cookies so the session id is visible in the url > * stealing a session cookie > > In either cases, logging the user's ip would increase security imho. > > I'm interested in other opinions :) > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Not quite sure how this works but how does one steal a session? >> >> I have my session info stored in the database... if i added ip to the >> session so it also checks that the session ip matches the user ip would that >> increase the session sucurity? What a safe guards / good practsise to secure >> session data? >> >> Thanks >> >> Dave >> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
